I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

For decades, Mark Lemley’s life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough. He’s a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google,…

Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center

Louisiana planning authorities have voted to rush through approval for three natural gas turbines to power Meta’s massive new data center in Richland Parish. When…

Why One VC Thinks Quantum Is a Bigger Unlock Than AGI

Alexa von Tobel is fully aware that her big bet on quantum computing may never pay off. “The risk of being too early is a…

OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers

OpenAI is planning to build five new data centers in the United States as part of the Stargate initiative, the company announced on Tuesday. The…

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip

While there’s growing evidence that psychedelic drugs can effectively treat severe mental health conditions, especially in cases where traditional treatments have failed, they still come…

This AI-Powered Robot Keeps Going Even if You Attack It With a Chainsaw

A four-legged robot that keeps crawling even after all four of its legs have been hacked off with a chainsaw is the stuff of nightmares…

Meta Poaches OpenAI Scientist to Help Lead AI Lab

Mark Zuckerberg has poached a high-ranking OpenAI researcher to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations…

Google’s Conversational Photo Editor Is the Rare AI Feature People Will Actually Use

A prototype app called Pixeltone developed by Adobe Research and the University of Michigan showed the possibility of using voice control and touch for photo…

Is Silicon Valley Still the Tech Capital?

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Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab

Sunshine, the consumer AI startup founded by former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in 2018, has seen brighter days. The small startup is shutting down, and…